Cooking

Confidence in the kitchen comes from a handful of repeatable techniques, not from a bigger recipe collection.

What matters most

Roast, sauté, simmer, blend. Four methods cover nearly every meal here.
Heat the pan properly and salt in layers. Most bland food is an underseasoned, undercooked pan.
Acid at the end, lemon or vinegar, is the difference between healthy and delicious.

Do this week

Cook one new method this week rather than one new recipe.